Compare and Contrast in African Art - AP Art History

6.170 Sika Dwa Kofi (Golden Stool) - 6.167 Conical Tower & Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe - 6.177 Lukasa (Memory Board - 6.169 Wall Plaque, from Oba's Palace - 6.171 Ndop (Portrait Figure) of King Mishe - Compare and Contrast in African Art - PowerPoint - Student Notes - Teacher Notes - AP Art History - APAH - Google Drive - Lesson Plan - Print & Digital

This lesson focuses on comparison in African art, engaging students in art historical thinking skills. In addition to learning about form, function, content, and context, students will be pushed to analyze art from the African tradition. This lesson is intended to be used in conjunction with my African Art Activity Book, so after finishing this lesson, students will complete two activity pages in the book. Please note that you DO NOT need to purchase my activity book to complete this compare and contrast lesson.

This resource comes as a Google Drive resource. When you download this resource, you will see the terms of use and printing notes. On the printing notes page, you will have a link to the Google Drive folder. You will need to make a copy of the material if you would like to edit it. All of these instructions, including a step-by-step visual guide on how to use this resource, is included in the terms of use. If you would like to print the resource material, you can do so. Simply go to "File," "Download," and "PDF" to save the resource as a PDF and print!   

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• 39-slide PowerPoint going over form, function, content, and context for the following artworks in Buddhist art:
1. 6.170 Sika Dwa Kofi (Golden Stool)
2. 6.167 Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe
3. 6.177 Lukasa (Memory Board)
4. 6.169 Wall Plaque, from Oba's Palace
5. 6.171 Ndop (Portrait Figure) of King Mishe
• Teacher lecture notes are presented as individual Word documents that tell you exactly what to say for each slide (all the research is done for you)
• Student notes
• Teacher lesson plan
• RECOMMENDED: Slides 4-5 of my African Art Activity Book
• Slides detailing the instructions for these pages are located within the Google Slides for this lesson. If you choose not to use my activity book, you can just delete these slides.

If you want a more in-depth look at this product, please check out the Preview. I have included pictures of most of the things you will get with this purchase.

Best yet, all of these items are editable. You can change or adapt them to fit your curriculum or classroom needs! 

Happy teaching!

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